English Dictionary

octalogy

名詞

複数形なし 稀用

(rare) A set of eight works of art that are connected, and that can be seen either as a single work or as eight individual works. They are commonly found in literature, film, or video games.

日本語の意味

（希）8つの作品が連続または連作として構成され、単一の作品としても個別の作品としても捉えられる。文学、映画、ビデオゲームなどで見られる形式。

After years of research and rewriting, he finally published his science-fiction octalogy, a complex universe that could be read as one epic or as eight standalone novels.

何年もの調査と改稿を経て、彼はついにSFの八部作を刊行し、それは一つの叙事詩としても八つの独立した長編としても読める複雑な世界観を描いていた。

意味（1）

(rare) A set of eight works of art that are connected, and that can be seen either as a single work or as eight individual works. They are commonly found in literature, film, or video games.

The Shakespearean octalogy which begins with Richard II. and ends with Richard III.